North Carolina General Statutes 160A-58. Definitions
The words and phrases defined in this section have the meanings indicated when used in this Part unless the context clearly requires another meaning:
(1) “City” means any city, town, or village without regard to population, except cities not qualified to receive gasoline tax allocations under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-41.2
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 160A-58
- Charter: means the entire body of local acts currently in force applicable to a particular city, including articles of incorporation issued to a city by an administrative agency of the State, and any amendments thereto adopted pursuant to 1917 Public Laws, Chapter 136, Subchapter 16, Part VIII, sections 1 and 2, or Article 5, Part 4, of this Chapter. See North Carolina General Statutes 160A-1
- Local act: means an act of the General Assembly applying to one or more specific cities by name, or to all cities within one or more specifically named counties. See North Carolina General Statutes 160A-1
(2) “Primary corporate limits” means the corporate limits of a city as defined in its charter, enlarged or diminished by subsequent annexations or exclusions of contiguous territory pursuant to Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this Article or local acts of the General Assembly.
(3) “Satellite corporate limits” means the corporate limits of a noncontiguous area annexed pursuant to this Part or a local act authorizing or effecting noncontiguous annexations. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.)